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Nsanity on 18 November 2013

IGN gave Crimson Dragon and Lococycle both shitty scores, so thread backfired.



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Carl on 18 November 2013

Transparent. So transparent.

Happens all the time, nothing to see.



                            

small44 on 18 November 2013

Microsoft can do everything they could they will still not outsell Playstation



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

LiquorandGunFun on 18 November 2013

Meh. So? Gotz to advertise for the xbo!  I hardly go to that site anymore. I always avoid the comments, its troll haven.



 

Figgycal on 18 November 2013
IsawYoshi said:
It quite obvious why there are so many Xbox reviews there right now. However it seems like you can't un-pin the Xbox One part of the new design. Not sure if that was a good move. Most of IGN's fans are Sony fans, and giving them ammunition ain't that smart.

I think IGN is about as equal fanboy wise as you get between Sony and Microsoft.



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GamechaserBE on 18 November 2013

Gametrailers with spike announced a new PS4 exclusive so Gametrailers is getting paid by sony? I think you are looking to much in it =p.



Captain_Tom on 18 November 2013
forevercloud3000 said:
I usually feel ok with IGN's reviews of PS games, yet I do notice how they more often than not OVERRATE Xbox stuff in comparison.

This kind of stuff makes that feeling even more validated. KZ Shadow Fall is brobably a solid 8 like they scored....But Killer Instinct(with only 7 characters and lacking modes) and Dead Rising(good but c'mon) being rated higher just seems....wrong. I expect Forza to get about a 9 which might just be appropriate.


I wouldn't say they are necessarilly MS biased, but it is clear to me that their Xbox reviewers are WAY bigger Halo/Gears fans than their Sony reviewers are Killzone/MAG/SOCOM fans.   It's crazy obvious when you see:

-EVERY Gears/Halo game get scored higher than a 9 no matter what the consensus is.

-Killzone games commented as "Master of First Person shooters" and "Raching the series full potential" and then it gets an 8...

-MAG gets a 7 for "Hard to use menus" and "Not able to choose the exact map I want to play"  (YOU MEAN LIKE EVERY CALL OF DUTY?!?!)



Figgycal on 18 November 2013
GamechaserBE said:
Gametrailers with spike announced a new PS4 exclusive so Gametrailers is getting paid by sony? I think you are looking to much in it =p.

If I recall correctly, Xbox One will have a similar treatment on Spike/Gametrailers. This is blatantly a conflict of interest.



musashi on 18 November 2013

I find that IGN & Gametrailers have a very biased opinion. Usually they will give xbox or ps a better review and bash on Nintendo. Maybe PS and xbox are paying them more money or kickback on better reviews. Either way, they seem to hate nintendo with all the bad reviews of how bad the system is selling. But if you look at the PS vita, it sold worse than the wii u, but you do not seem them posting many news of how bad it is because theyre opinions are very biased. The best way to get reviews is youtube. Look at all the reviews of upcoming games and make your own judgement.



selnor1983 on 18 November 2013

Oh here we go. LOL.

Its just paid advertising.

Just like VGC.

Wait Swords and Potions 2 run VGChartz. 0.0